Cardiff City - Preston North End The program of the 25th match of the Championship opens on Friday night with two matches, one of which is the very interesting Cardiff - Preston that will also concern us with betting.
Based on the image of Cardiff in recent weeks, we think its competitive decline is clear. One watches it and practically "bangs" the fatigue that comes out of it at this time - consequently the deformation - as a result of which the home defeat on Boxing Day with 2-4 against Fulham. It was a rare occurrence for Warnock to concede four goals in a home game, however it did happen and it was in fact the second consecutive defeat as it had just been defeated in Reebok by Bolton 2-0. Just before the 1-0 fire and iron victory against Hull and one is encouraged that in fact the last batch of energy was left to Mazeski four games before, when he was able in the last minutes to return from then until then against 2 -0 to 2-2, before the crossbar saved her in the last phase of the match.
With the above in mind, we consider that the match with Preston is probably coming at the worst possible time point because we are talking about a team that is very disciplined, well done and a team that generally gives you the oil with the uninterrupted running, characteristics that make it one of most difficult teams in the category, as evidenced by its only five defeats so far. She also had this bad period from mid-October to early November when she suffered four consecutive defeats, but since then she has run an unbeaten streak of eight games, having to show, among other things, a victory in Bristol City and a victory against Sheffield United. It's also worth noting that it was the first team this year to force Cardiff to lose, while in general its away presence (4-5-3 overall record) simply comes to demonstrate what we mentioned above about how difficult you win it.
Another element, perhaps of minor importance, but quite interesting is that the game is televised and we emphasize this because in addition to the well-known peculiarities that exist in these cases, it is the second time that the specific teams will face each other on Friday night and with the game to be televised: the first was the distant 2004, November 19 and then the winner was Preston with 0-1.
Finally, one of the weird things we caught from the local Welsh press was this year's Cardiff "complex" when it comes to teams with… white shirts - yes, you read that right. Three of Cardiff's five defeats this year have come from teams wearing white shirts (like good time and Preston, its next opponent) while in a total of eight games so far in similar cases its record is two wins, two draws, four defeats - if nothing else, from the curiosities of this season in the Championship.
In conclusion, and obviously based mainly on the image of the two teams inside the field as described above, we consider it clear that the momentum is on the side of the guests and therefore the double at 3,90 of bet365 is our choice.
